Lady Cats finish in Third with Win over Crawford

Gas station owners along
Highway 2 south were smiling this past week, as Hemingford joined
Sioux County, Crawford, and Hay Springs in making repeated trips to
Hyannis for basketball tourney action over four days, even though
both host teams were eliminated in the first round.

Sioux County
Game

A slow start offensively that
had The Lady Cats in an early 0-9 deficit proved difficult to
overcome, though the Ladies made a spirited fourth quarter run,
falling by one, 47-48 to Sioux County in PAC Tourney action. Coach
Shelmadine felt that, " The Sioux County game was a very good high
school basketball game. We fell behind early and battled back and
put ourselves in position to win in the end. We fell one point
short to a very good Sioux County ball club. Too bad only one team
gets the "W"" Hemingford was led by Mallory Moeller with 14 points,
followed by Steph Sorenson with 8. Amanda Winten , Ashley Yardley,
and Shelby Campbell each scored 6 points. Briana Paris had 5, and
Tori Towne had 2.

Crawford Game

Saturday
afternoon found the Lady Cat faithful back in Hyannis for the
consolation championship against the Lady Rams of Crawford.
Hemingford didn't disappoint, earning a 44-33 victory, claiming a
third place in the PAC tourney. Coach Shelmadine felt that, "The
girls came back against Crawford and showed some real patience. We
did not shoot very well, but our defense was awesome! " " We
are still a little banged up, but we like where we are headed the
last three weeks before districts. We appreciate the faithful who
continue to support the girls." Though no one was in double
figures in scoring, the points were spread out pretty evenly, with
Briana Paris and Mallory Moeller scoring 8, Shelby Campbell with 6,
and Whitney Morava with 5, hitting 5 of 6 free throws! Ashley
Yardley and Tori Towne had 4 each, followed by Amanda Winten, Steph
Sorenson, and Kelsey Forgey with 2 apiece.